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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Summary of RSUs

A summary of the RSUs for the year ended December 31, 2016 is as follows:

		Restricted Share Awards
		Performance								Total				Weighted-Average
		and Service				Service				Restricted				Grant-Date
		Required				Required				Awards				Fair Value
Nonvested as of January 1, 2016			91,603				10,872				102,475			$	53.88
Granted			79,241				9,901				89,142				33.73
Vested		0					(4,799	)			(4,799	)			63.95
Forfeited			(40,676	)		0					(40,676	)			63.95
Nonvested as of December 31, 2016			130,168				15,974				146,142			$	38.46

Weighted-Average Assumptions for Estimating Fair Values

The fair values for the stock options granted were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

	2016		2015				2014
Risk-free interest rate	N/A			2.1	%			1.9	%
Dividend yield	N/A			1.6	%			1.7	%
Expected life (years)	N/A		5				5
Expected volatility	N/A			37.9	%			42.9	%

Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]

Activity in Company's Plan

Activity in the Company’s LTIP for the year ended December 31, 2016 was as follows:

		Number of Shares				Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share				Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)				Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2016			56,250			$	55.30
Granted		0				0
Exercised			(500	)		$	37.4
Forfeited			(3,000	)		$	71.62
Outstanding (vested and expected to vest) at    December 31, 2016			52,750			$	54.54				5.8			$	17
Exercisable at December 31, 2016			39,875			$	55.42				7.0			$	19

Stock Options [Member]

Activity in Company's Plan

Activity in the Company’s 1999 Stock Option Plan for the year ended December 31, 2016 was as follows:

		Number of Shares				Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share				Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)				Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2016			12,000			$	41.44
Exercised			(6,450	)		$	35.50
Forfeited		0				$	0.00
Outstanding (exercisable and vested) at December 31, 2016			5,550			$	48.35				1.8			$	54

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